And people were skeptical they would make a good parents… Having a different lifestyle does not make someone a bad person.

Also, that was an interesting choice of words from Keisha. “You ditched me”. It’s interesting that she used the word “me” as opposed to “us” despite the fact that it was Amanda was the one who cried because of it.

You know, I think that Keisha is a tad bit harsh on Heather. After all, they were orphans together and Keisha would know that reality doesn’t work out like fantasy, that they wouldn’t be able to stay together.

I think she’s more pissed that Heather didn’t at least say goodbye. That would make me mad.

Unfortunately, children are like that. You break a promise to them, you break a promise. They’re a little superficial because they don’t exactly have the same, mature way that we look at the world. They haven’t learned enough yet, they’re too young.

I remember I was a lot like them when I was 8. If someone broke a promise to me, it upset me.

Plus, in kid world, a pinky promise means the world. If you break a pinky promise, that’s extreme.

A pinky promise most certainly is serious. Adults seem to lose sight of what’s important. If you say you are going to do something, either do it or apologize for not being able to. You don’t just brush people off and forget just because you get caught up in the moment.

Don’t assume the worst of heather just yet. If it was Amanda, I’d agree because she’s been shown to be shallow and cruel. We don’t know much about Heather yet, so who knows? She might be more than just a “Fairweather” friend.

I was what I was thinking, too. All the focus being put on Heather in this chapter should lead to her doing something important to Selkie’s story. That’s what I’m hoping. I can see Hamud taking Heather’s place and Heather getting close to Selkie or Selkie’s friends because of it. Heather could make or break the atmosphere of Selkie’s new school year. That or Heather will decide to leave the school entirely and go to the academy, but her leaving the story would be no fun and I doubt she will.

Yeah, but they’re EIGHT. When I was eight and if I was in an orphanage, I would pinky-promise with my friends that we would all get adopted by the same family! I think people are forgetting that these are just little kids, not adults or even teenagers.